The Engineer of Human Souls: An Entertainment on the Old Themes of Life, Women, Fate, Dreams, the Working Class, Secret Agents, Love and Death - Hardcover
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As Danny Smiricky, a Czech writer who fled his country in 1968 to find asylum at a university in Toronto, adjusts to life in the New World, his memories of his homeland and his lost youth haunt him
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Seller Inventory # 039450500X-7-1-29
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The Engineer of Human Souls
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1984
ISBN 10: 039450500X
ISBN 13: 9780394505008
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Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 14735344-75
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Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. first American edition with review slip and promotional material Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # mon0000148780
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The Engineer of Human Souls
Seller: Thomas F. Pesce', Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984. Hardcover. Condition: good black boards, black cloth spine with silver lettering, some smidges & rub wear. . Dust Jacket Condition: Illustrated with old typewriter, some rub wear to edges & tiny tears, otherwise intact, Pages clean, tightly bound, with rough cut on the fore edge pages. Tiny amount of prints, soiling, on edges of pages, small stain on top edge, otherwise pages clean & readable First Edition. Translated by Paul Wilson. , unclipped ($17.95), Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Hailed by fellow Czech author Milan Kundera as a magnum opus, the novel tells the story of novelist and professor Danny Smiricky as he flees Czechoslovakia for the freedom and security of Canada. Seller Inventory # 8000420
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Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
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8vo Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Printing. 571p. White pages are unmarked with deckle edges. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Black paper boards are pointed with silver lettering on spine. Jacket is unclipped, protected in mylar and shows minimal wear. Short inscription on ffep. Seller Inventory # 100135
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The Engineer of Human Souls: An Entertainment on the Old Themes of Life, Women, Fate, Dreams, The Working Class, Secret Agents, Love and Death
Published by
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 039450500X
ISBN 13: 9780394505008
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with edgewear and slight toning. Seller Inventory # 535969
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Engineer of Human Souls: An Entertainment on the Old Themes of Life, Women, Fate, Dreams, The Working Class, Secret Agents.
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Alfred A. Knopf, Place_Pub: New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 039450500X
ISBN 13: 9780394505008
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: good, good. First American Edition. 571, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, some edge wear. Complete subtitle: An entertainment on the old themes of life, women, fate, dreams, the working class, secret agents, love and death. The expression "the engineer of human souls" is held, by many political indoctrinators, to be Stalin's definition of a writer: as an engineer constructs a machine, so must a writer construct the mind of the New Man. "The Engineer of Human Souls" is a labyrinthine comic novel that investigates the journey and plight of novelist Danny Smiricky, a Czech immigrant to Canada. Josef Shvorecky is unquestionably an important writer, blending a great humorous talent with a restless, sustained, probing moral inquisitiveness. The author was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Seller Inventory # 51880